bet : Idioms & Phrases


bet on

  • verb place a bet on
    stake; back; gage; game; punt.
    • Which horse are you backing?
    • I'm betting on the new horse
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betting odds

  • noun the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another
    odds.
    • he offered odds of two to one
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betting shop

  • noun a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track
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bouncing bet

  • noun plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
    bouncing Bess; hedge pink; soapwort; Saponaria officinalis.
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place bet

  • noun a bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second
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shin bet

  • noun the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency
    General Security Services.
    • the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline
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To back the field, ∨ To bet on the field

  • . See under Back, v. t.
Webster 1913

To go bet

  • to go fast; to hurry. Obs.
Webster 1913

To hedge a bet

  • to bet upon both sides; that is, after having bet on one side, to bet also on the other, thus guarding against loss.
Webster 1913

you bet

  • adverb an expression of emphatic agreement
    and how; you said it.
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